PORT 1: Getting ready for the voyage - Start your EXPLORER'S JOURNAL (which you need to create with partner) with your CORNELL notes from Chapter 3, Section 1 of MWH pp. 92-101.
Next add your discussion of these questions:
The Age of Exploration:Would you go?
The 15th and 16th century were a time of exploration and discovery for European nations. Taking advantage of new maritime knowledge and inventions, European powers undertook sea expeditions to expand their trade and influence.
What possible rewards might come from exploring the seas for new lands?What are the risks involved in embarking on a voyage into the unknown?
From exploring the seas for new lands
What will you do if you actually run into other people?
Before You Leave
Your final task before leaving for the long voyage is FOR BOTH to look up ONE piece of new navigation technology you will be using so that you can teach your partner about how you will be using it. THIS INFORMATION COULD SAVE YOUR LIVES! Simply, search for ONE of the following tools and write a few sentences describing WHAT the instrument is and HOW it is used. (You can also look at p. 97 in your text to get you started.)
Sextant - During the 1700's the sextant replaced the astrolabe, it was used to measure the height of the stars above the horizon, which was used to see the longitude and latitude.It was the most important object used during celestial navigation.
PORT 2: Starting the Voyage - Getting to know your competitors. In order to beat your enemies in this race, you need to know more about them INCLUDING where they went, what their primary motivation was and the results of their explorations. We have already learned about the PORTUGUESE now let's turn our sights on to the the other European nations competing with HUMANAVIA for GLORY!
Ferdinand Magellan
Vasco de Gama
Henry Hudson
Create a chart with the following important information needed so we can keep track of everyone in the race
Explorer's Name and Sponsoring country
Date of Voyage
Size of Fleet
Summary of achievements
Henry Hudson
1608
1 ship
Henry Hudson's voyage was used to establish Dutch claims to the region and to the fur trade that flourished when a trading post was built in Albany at that time.
Ferdinand Magellan
August 10, 1519
5 ships
Ferdinand Magellan was the first to circumnavigate, and so he improved maps in Europe. He died near the Spice Islands while going back to Europe, so another person had to take over for him.
Vasco de Gama
1497
4 ships
Vasco de Gama's journey opened up a direct sea route to Asia, allowing better and easier trade.
PORT 3: Some impacts of Europe's Age of Exploration. There were were many world-changing impacts that were results of this time period. To be sure many were positive, however, there were also many that were negative. Nonetheless, these must be studied to understand our world today...
Your next task is to look at the Atlantic Slave Trade to get a better understanding of this sad chapter in our history. In your journals, respond to the following essential objectives as you watch the 2 short video segments and scan pages 132-136 in your text...
Identify the causes of African slavery.
The causes of African slavery was one, because the plantations and farms needed a large supply of workers with low or no salary (cheap labor). They first used Natives from the Americas, but they died in massive numbers because of the exposure to diseases, warfare, and brutal treatment. The people saw a chance to transport hard working Africans to Europe. The Africans were even better than the Native Americans because they were immune to the European diseases. Also, they were less likely to run away because they did not know the lands well and their skin tone would make it easier to spot them. Soon, Atlantic slave trade became a massive enterprise.
Explain the Triangular Trade Route.
There were several Triangular trade routes. One was that Europeans traded manufactured goods to the west of Africa. Traders exchanged these goods for African slaves. They were then transported along the Atlantic and sol in the West Indies. Merchants bought sugar, coffee, and tobacco and went back to Europe.
Identify the consequences of the slave trade.
The consequences of save trade were that many of them died in mass numbers from diseases and many were abused so much that the Africans committed suicide by jumping overboard and drowning.
TASK 2: The Columbian Exchange and Rise of Global Trade is certainly another major impact of the explorations. The colonization of the Americas introduced new items into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. AGAIN, these exchanges had POSITIVE and NEGATIVE impacts for both.
Your task for this exploration is to read and take CORNELL notes on pages 137-141.
STOP HERE FOR THE MOMENT...CATCH YOUR BREATHPORT 4: The East isolates itself from this Western exploration nonsense. Not everyone was excited to meet new people. China and Japan are good examples of countries who wanted to preserve their culture more than anything else...SO, let's find out why they really do NOT want you or your ships in their harbors!
‘Why did China and Japan isolate themselves from the West?’ *You already know some of this from "1421", your job here is to get a taste of the attitudes of the Chinese and Japanese leadership toward you and your expedition.
Remember you have limited time at this port as they are not very welcoming - so just take notes on the key information!
Author: by the shogunate to the officials administering the busy port of Nagasaki Place and Time: Japan, directed at Nagasaki
Prior Knowledge: Most countries try to isolate themselves because they want to keep the power and not bring any foreign ideas into the country that might cause unstabilization.
Audience: Officials at Nagasaki port - Bugyo
Reason: to inform people about the closing of Japan
The Main Idea: That Japan is closing up to the world.
In the 1630s, the Tokugawa shogunate took a series of steps to further restrict Japan’s international contacts. By
1639, the Dutch were the only Europeans permitted to come to Japan, and the conditions under which they were
allowed to trade and interact with Japanese were extremely circumscribed by the Tokugawa authorities.
Significance: This source tells us how the closing up became official. It is a type of proof about the isolation of Japan.
PORT 1: Getting ready for the voyage - Start your EXPLORER'S JOURNAL (which you need to create with partner) with your CORNELL notes from Chapter 3, Section 1 of MWH pp. 92-101.
Next add your discussion of these questions:
The Age of Exploration:Would you go?
The 15th and 16th century were a time of exploration and discovery for European nations. Taking advantage of new maritime knowledge and inventions, European powers undertook sea expeditions to expand their trade and influence.
- What possible rewards might come from exploring the seas for new lands?What are the risks involved in embarking on a voyage into the unknown?
- From exploring the seas for new lands
- What will you do if you actually run into other people?
Before You LeaveYour final task before leaving for the long voyage is FOR BOTH to look up ONE piece of new navigation technology you will be using so that you can teach your partner about how you will be using it. THIS INFORMATION COULD SAVE YOUR LIVES! Simply, search for ONE of the following tools and write a few sentences describing WHAT the instrument is and HOW it is used. (You can also look at p. 97 in your text to get you started.)
Sextant - During the 1700's the sextant replaced the astrolabe, it was used to measure the height of the stars above the horizon, which was used to see the longitude and latitude.It was the most important object used during celestial navigation.
PORT 2: Starting the Voyage - Getting to know your competitors. In order to beat your enemies in this race, you need to know more about them INCLUDING where they went, what their primary motivation was and the results of their explorations. We have already learned about the PORTUGUESE now let's turn our sights on to the the other European nations competing with HUMANAVIA for GLORY!
Create a chart with the following important information needed so we can keep track of everyone in the race
PORT 3: Some impacts of Europe's Age of Exploration. There were were many world-changing impacts that were results of this time period. To be sure many were positive, however, there were also many that were negative. Nonetheless, these must be studied to understand our world today...
Your next task is to look at the Atlantic Slave Trade to get a better understanding of this sad chapter in our history. In your journals, respond to the following essential objectives as you watch the 2 short video segments and scan pages 132-136 in your text...
Link for Atlantic Slave Trade Video 1
Link for Atlantic Slave Trade Video 2
TASK 2: The Columbian Exchange and Rise of Global Trade is certainly another major impact of the explorations. The colonization of the Americas introduced new items into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. AGAIN, these exchanges had POSITIVE and NEGATIVE impacts for both.
Your task for this exploration is to read and take CORNELL notes on pages 137-141.
STOP HERE FOR THE MOMENT...CATCH YOUR BREATHPORT 4: The East isolates itself from this Western exploration nonsense. Not everyone was excited to meet new people. China and Japan are good examples of countries who wanted to preserve their culture more than anything else...SO, let's find out why they really do NOT want you or your ships in their harbors!*You already know some of this from "1421", your job here is to get a taste of the attitudes of the Chinese and Japanese leadership toward you and your expedition.
Task 1: Source Analysis
To get a first-hand account of the attitudes of the Japanese (Tokugawa) toward foreigners, Complete AP PARTS for EDICTS FOR 1635 ORDERING THE CLOSING OF JAPAN
Remember you have limited time at this port as they are not very welcoming - so just take notes on the key information!
Author: by the shogunate to the officials administering the busy port of NagasakiPlace and Time: Japan, directed at Nagasaki
Prior Knowledge: Most countries try to isolate themselves because they want to keep the power and not bring any foreign ideas into the country that might cause unstabilization.
Audience: Officials at Nagasaki port - Bugyo
Reason: to inform people about the closing of Japan
The Main Idea: That Japan is closing up to the world.
In the 1630s, the Tokugawa shogunate took a series of steps to further restrict Japan’s international contacts. By
1639, the Dutch were the only Europeans permitted to come to Japan, and the conditions under which they were
allowed to trade and interact with Japanese were extremely circumscribed by the Tokugawa authorities.
Significance: This source tells us how the closing up became official. It is a type of proof about the isolation of Japan.